American Michael Phelps won the men's 100m butterfly gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- American Michael Phelps won the men's 100m butterfly gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.

Phelps clocked in an Olympic record of 50.58 seconds set up by Serbian Milorad Cavic on August 14, 2008. Cavic settled for the silver in 50.59 and Australian Andrew Lauterstein got the bronze in 51.12.